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Keyboardist Craig Taborn Interviewed at AAJ
There is no place for fear or doubt in pianist Craig Taborn's playing--such states are banished from a mind that seeks to explore the musical possibilities of each moment with maximum freedom. Taborn's improvisational playing is a continual creation where the journey is the thing, and words like beautiful, ugly and mistake have virtually no meaning. ...
Craig Taborn: Rooted
by Ian Patterson
There is no place for fear or doubt in pianist Craig Taborn's playing--such states are banished from a mind that seeks to explore the musical possibilities of each moment with maximum freedom. Taborn's improvisational playing is a continual creation where the journey is the thing, and words like beautiful, ugly and mistake have virtually no meaning. ...
The Story: The Story
by Mark F. Turner
The Story is the real life debut of an exciting new collaborative that is set to make its mark on the jazz world. Invigorated by a young quintet of extremely talented international members--saxophonists Lars Dietrich (Holland) and Samir Zarif (United States), drummer Greg Ritchie, bassist Zack Lober (Canada), and pianist John Escreet (United Kingdom), this eponymous ...
Joel Harrison: Urban Myths
by John Kelman
With a string of outstanding records that began with his personal look at the music of George Harrison on Harrison on Harrison (HighNote, 2005), continued with an all-original pairing with guitarist Nguyên Lê on Harbor (HighNote, 2007) and culminated with the ambitious The Wheel (Innova, 2008), guitarist Joel Harrison has, over the last few years, been ...
Posi-Tone Records
by Donald Elfman
Posi-Tone Records is an extraordinary anomaly in these times, an independent, thriving jazz label that continues to find new and established musicians and works continually to improve each aspect of production to release a final product of superior quality. As the market has changed the company has sought and accepted new ways to do business that ...
Jen Shyu: Jade Tongue
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Jen Shyu's approach to musicianship is what many would call consummate. Having begun musical studies at a very early age, she has become a highly accomplished pianist, vocalist, dancer and composer. She began to explore improvisation during her studies at Stanford University and has since become a regular collaborator with saxophonist Steve Coleman. This association is ...
Two for the Show Media Celebrates Another Year Serving the Jazz World
2009 marks another year in the books for the Jazz publicity firm Two for the Show Media. The agency based out of New York welcomed in the New Year with two grammy nominations (Peter Erskine & Arturo O’Farrill) and one Grammy win for Best Latin Jazz CD for “Song for Chico” (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin ...
David Binney: Third Occasion
by Jerry D'Souza
David Binney has established himself as an innovative saxophonist, an innovation that has been born of daring driven by a motivation that seeks the unusual. He has locked on to the highway of expressive thought playing with inspired invention to lend his music a lucid immediacy that is hard to ignore. Binney has formed ...
David Binney: In The Paint; Ray's Way & Third Occasion
by Russ Musto
David Binney/Alan FerberIn The PaintPosi-Tone2009 Ray LevierRay's WayOrigin2009 David BinneyThird OccasionMythology2009 While saxophonist David Binney has been increasingly recognized for his substantial ...
Daniel Sadownick: There Will Be a Day
by Elliott Simon
Granted this is an oversimplification, but modern Latin jazz was created when percussionist Chano Pozo and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie got together in NYC in the late '40s. While percussionist Daniel Sadownick's sense of history is acute on this debut--witness his use of an excerpt from Pozo's “Rumba En Swing" on the catchy solo percussion opener “Dedication"--he ...
